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 1198 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. Except in cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, the members of the United States Forces may be arrested by the Egyptian authorities only in circumstances which would justify the arrest of civilians of American nationality. When a member of the United States Forces has been arrested by the Egyptian authorities, the following procedure will apply:- Notification of the arrest will be made immediately to the compe- tent American military authority together with data regarding the name and other details concerning the person arrested and information regarding the nature of the infractions for which the said person has been arrested. Except when the case is to be submitted to the Egyptian courts, the offender will be delivered to the interested American authority. Complete details of the charges brought against the suspect with the names and addresses of the witnesses and data concerning them will be handed or sent to the interested American authority. When a member of the United States Forces has been accused of having committed an infraction for which he has not been arrested, the details of this suspected infraction, with the proces-verbal will be communicated as quickly as possible to the competent American military authorities. The two Governments will extend to each other mutual assistance in investigations concerning infractions which may have been com- mitted by members of the United States Forces or of which they may have been the victims. The Egyptian Government will take at the request of the competent American military authority, all reason- able measures to the end that persons amenable to its jurisdiction appear as witnesses before the American military courts in Egypt; likewise the Government of the United States will take all reasonable measures to assure the presence of any member of the United States Forces as witnesses at the sessions of the Egyptian courts, and this on request made by the competent official of the Ministry of Justice or by the President of the competent court. It must be expressly understood that the exceptional regime pro- vided for above is accorded only because of the special situation resulting from the war and that it will terminate in all respects at the end of the war to permit the return to normal law. In case of acceptance, the present letter and your reply will be considered as constituting an agreement binding our two Govern- ments and will be published in the 'Official Journal'. In my capacity of Military Governor General, I will not fail to take thereafter the necessary internal measures to put this agreement into effect. I take this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my high consideration. Minister of ForeignAffairs, M. NAHAS His Excellency Mr. ALEXANDER KIRK, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America.

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